En tant que communauté d’Églises locales, nous vous écrivons au nom de l’équipe de pilotage de la motion de 1997 à la récente convention nationale 2025, car huit Églises sœurs fidèles de Fellowship Pacific (FEBP) risquent d’être immédiatement exclues du Fellowship pour avoir promu un complémentarisme de conviction. Cette situation est très préoccupante pour notre...
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January FEB Gender Update Letter
As a fellowship of local churches, we are writing to you as a steering team from the ‘97 motion from FNC 2025 because eight faithful sister churches in Fellowship Pacific (FEBP) are facing immediate removal from the Fellowship for advancing our Fellowship’s convictional complementarianism. This is a matter of urgent concern for our shared Fellowship...
Response to FEB Prairies Letter
“We agree that the Gospel is foremost; however, secondary matters, like baptism, bind us together as a movement. In fact, many would see complementarianism as more important than baptism, being a creation ordinance. It is good to appreciate our theological history and church autonomy; however, our theology is not just a historical reference point but...
Tim Stephen’s CBMW Article on the Fellowship
“One of the questions I have is this: Will the Fellowship follow the Christian & Missionary Alliance, which now ordains women pastors? Will steps toward a “soft egalitarianism” be tolerated by the national convention? It must be remembered that typically practice changes before policy. That is, one church then a growing number of churches adopt...
Derek Devries Open Letter to FEB Pacific Over NWCC Suspension
“This letter is a sincere good faith effort to engage these consequential conversations. The offer presented within it is sincere; please take up this request to provide evidence that NWCC is worthy of the public condemnation that you have disseminated against them. New West Community Church is a sister church, and it is my desire...
Joshua Claycamp to National Churches on ’97 Motion
“Fellowship Pacific stipulated three conditions for “joyful fellowship” with the region that were not given at the IMPACT convention by the constituency of our Region but prescribed by the board afterwards. The board’s conditions were: Our churches were never to be critical of female preachers who preached to men. While we were allowed by leadership...
Dave Nannery, Avoidant Culture in FEB Pacific
“Out of this 14-year involvement in Fellowship Pacific, I offer this concern: our current crisis is downstream from a deeper cultural problem. Only recently have I been able to put my uneasiness about this into words: I believe our present crisis has developed because of a conflict-avoidant approach to discussing genuine and significant divisions among...
Second Letter from Five Churches to National
“Reason #1: This is not a new conversation within our Fellowship but is a conversation that has already been happening for over 30 years. Our churches already voted on a Position Statement in 1997 that was passed with an overwhelming majority (83%). In addition, an amendment was made to our National Bylaw in 2004, in...
Explanatory Letter of the Motion Sent by Five Pastors to FEB churches
“The motion is a response to the increase in egalitarianism within the Fellowship and an attempt to offer greater convictional clarity to our Affirmation of Faith and Bylaws. We want all Member Churches to understand the reasons why the motion is being put forward, and the urgency of the situation our Fellowship is facing that...
Joshua Claycamp to FEB Pac Churches Introducing Complementarian Motion
“Regarding women preaching to men, God says, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet,” (1 Timothy 2:12 ESV). This commandment is then grounded in the creation order, revealing God’s complementary intention for these relationships (1 Timothy 2:13-14). And this commandment is...